Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Accommodation
- District
- Portsmouth
- Town
- Portsmouth
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- VC or GC Recipients
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 15 April 2008
Attended by: Commander M A Phelps RN
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66602
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Current location
Mantle VC
HMS Excellent
Whale Island
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Hampshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 63701 02572
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Accommodation block providing 55 single rooms. At entrance, area of frosted glass in the shape of a Victoria Cross. Small metal plaque located by entrance. Information board located within the building.
- Inscription
- Plaque: MANTLE VC/ Was Officially Opened/ 15th April 2008/ By/ CDR M A PHELPS Royal Navy/ Support Commander/ HMS EXCELLENT 1994 - 2008 (Information board located within the building)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Mantle, Jack Foreman
See details - Commemorations
- VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, honours, citation date, date of death, unit, location of death, manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- VC or GC Recipients
- Components
- Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Building
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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